07/27/2015
https://congress.gov...
"When we don't have the workers we need to produce and harvest our crops, it hurts our competitiveness, our local economies, and jobs."
"Our faculty conducted about $140 million in agriculture research this past year benefitting Florida's crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries, and natural resource systems."
"Florida agriculture has a $148 billion economic impact, second only to tourism in the State of Florida."
"Our goal, and I know the Chairman's goal, is to make it pass on the first round."